March 2015
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Letters
perplexing pope In “Between Two Synods” (January), George Weigel thoroughly summarizes the 2014 Extraordinary Synod on the…
Missing Mass
In our family, we went to Mass every blessed Sunday of the year, and here and there…
Irving Kristol’s God
Having long been regarded as the godfather of neoconservatism, Irving Kristol is well known for his political…
Reason’s Faith
I learned in these pages not long ago that it is perilous to express doubts regarding the persuasive…
Books of 2014
The books of 2014, like the books of any year, utterly exceed our grasp. In one aspect,…
Putting First Things First
When in the course of human events . . .” Thus Jefferson and his associates, evincing a…
A Joust with Mario Cuomo
The first time I met Mario Cuomo, the first words out of his mouth were “Teilhard de…
We Can Win
This issue marks our twenty-fifth anniversary. Our grand adventure in intellectual journalism began in March 1990. Back…
The New Intolerance
In November, Cardinal Walter Kasper gave a speech at the Catholic University of America in which he…
Reaper at Bay
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End ?by atul gawande? metropolitan, 304 pages, $26 Atul…
The Global Family
Josephine Baker and the Rainbow Tribe? by matthew pratt guterl ?harvard, 288 pages, $28.95 It is easy…
Jesus Lovers
The Book of Strange New Things? by michel faber ?hogarth, 512 pages, $28 At last, someone has…
Briefly Noted
Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry? by paul murray, o.p. ?bloomsbury, 288 pages, $27.95 How…
God and the Anthropologists
The Slain God: Anthropologists and the Christian Faithby timothy larsen oxford, 272 pages, $45 The discipline of…
What Mercy Is
Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Lifeby walter kasperpaulist, 288 pages, $29.95…
Jesus Was A Healer
Jesus was a healernever turned a patient down never charged coin or conversionstarted off with dust and…
Soldier
You, my friend, who died in battle, can’t remember How your breath became a rattle, then, more…
Spring
I love to see the leaves arrive,the new green spangling the blue,when branches, struggling alive,remake my window’s…
